AROUND the NBA:

[cow]

Nothing is guaranteed year to year in the NBA. IF Wemby can stay healthy then yes they’ll be perennial contenders. Most 7-6 guys aren’t able to stay healthy. Harper is gonna be a straight up problem though, he’s a stud.

Even without Wemby, I'd say the future is pretty bright with Castle/Harper and that combo can let Wemby not have to log major minutes in the regular season which should help him stay healthier.  They probably need to upgrade Kornet into someone a little more useful.  Speaking of Kornet, he's not a great player but he's made a lot of great plays here and there and kind of reminds me of the end of the bench contributors on our 2011 squad. He still needs to be 3rd in line instead of Wemby's backup.

[DallasMaverick]

We need those kind of players...

PJ
Naji

[mvossman]

PJ
Naji

Not in the same league, but I do think these are Masai kind of guys.  Positional size (including massive wingspans) good defenders and not great shooters.

[hakeemfaan]

https://x.com/MrBuckBuckNBA/status/20651...44874?s=20

Had forgotten about this.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/wi...th-chairs/


Knicks fans are disgusting. If they win it all, they better call in the National Guard.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

James Dolan has been the Knicks' owner since the late-1990s, finally enjoying his second NBA Finals appearance and first since 1999. With a title getting closer to his grasp, the owner went on WFAN radio to take shots at San Antonio for their halftime shows. “You know at halftime what’s happening tonight? The reunification of the whole Wu-Tang Clan,” Dolan said. “I gotta say, we had Cardi B at halftime for the third game, we have the reunification of Wu-Tang for the fourth game and San Antonio had a dog on a beach ball during their halftime.”

Clutch Points

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Speaking on the latest episode of Game Over with Max Kellerman and Rich Paul, the veteran agent pointed to OG Anunoby's consistent impact on both ends of the floor. “OG… He’s been the most reliable on the Knicks in this series on both ends of the floor. He’s shot it well from three, he’s guarded, he’s made the hustle plays getting the 50-50 balls.” “And so when you look at his overall impact on the series in each game, it’s been OG. He’s hit every timely shot, every big shot, he made a big play tonight on both ends of the floor between the block and then the tip to put them up one with 1.2 seconds left to go in the game.”

Clutch Points

[Chicagojk]

pretty cool to see how relationships start:


Shelburne] The main issue the Mavericks encountered was when Doncic and Brunson played together. Neither Doncic nor Brunson was a strong defender, so teams knew to target both to try to play them off the court.

DONNIE NELSON STARTED scouting Brunson in high school, but his connection to the family went back even further.
Nelson had been an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors and Mavericks under his father, Don Nelson, in the late 1990s. As a son trying to learn from his father and make his own way, he admired the way Rick's agent, Leon Rose, was hustling to get him a shot in the league.
"Leon couldn't get Rick a job in the NBA to save his life," Nelson said. "He was working so hard to get him into the league. But [Leon] didn't have any money back then, so I'd always let him sleep on my couch."
Nelson never ended up signing Rick to one of his teams, but he thought back on those days years later when he started evaluating Jalen.
"It was clear dating back to high school he had the right stuff in the DNA," Nelson said. "It's not just decision-making on the court, it's the way you could tell his teammates would take a bullet for him."
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle quickly took a liking to Brunson and inserted him into the rotation.
As a rookie he averaged 9.3 points, starting 38 of the 73 games he played. In his second year, his scoring dipped to 8.2 points per game, playing mostly off the ball as Doncic carried the load.
The main issue the Mavericks encountered was when Doncic and Brunson played together. Neither Doncic nor Brunson was a strong defender, so teams knew to target both to try to play them off the court. Which is exactly what happened in the Mavericks' first-round playoff series loss to the LA Clippers in 2020.
And if someone had to sit because of defensive limitations, it was always going to be Brunson. Questions about his long-term fit with Doncic, who still considers Brunson a close friend, began to emerge.
After that, teams began regularly calling Dallas to inquire about Brunson's availability, according to league and Mavericks sources.
When it came time to offer Brunson an extension in summer 2021, the Mavericks told him they preferred to wait to see how the team performed so they could determine if the group was capable of contending for a championship.
They also wanted time to evaluate whether it was feasible to re-sign both Brunson and wing Dorian Finney-Smith, Mavericks team sources said.
According to ESPN's reporting at the time, Brunson had informed the Mavericks in January that he was willing to sign the extension if it was offered then. But Dallas made the decision to hold off until after the trade deadline in case the Mavericks had the opportunity to trade for a star, as an extension would have prevented Brunson from being eligible to be traded before the deadline.
Dallas finally did offer him the extension after the trade deadline, at the same time they offered Finney-Smith an identical contract. Brunson declined it.
He had become a starter alongside Doncic in December and was having the best season of his young career as the Mavericks went on a surprising run to the Western Conference finals.
He even had a starring turn in their first-round series win over the Utah Jazz, scoring a career-high 41 points in Game 2 and averaging 27.8 points in the six-game series while Doncic missed time with a left calf injury.
After the season, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said re-signing Brunson was a top priority.
League rules at the time stipulated that teams could not contact free agents until the evening before free agency began on July 1.
Still, it had been clear for weeks that the Knicks were targeting Brunson as an unrestricted free agent.
On June 23, 2022, draft day, New York cleared roughly $30 million in salary cap space to sign Brunson in a complicated series of transactions that ultimately sent Kemba Walker and the draft rights to Jalen Duren to the Detroit Pistons.
The Mavericks still believed they had a chance to retain Brunson because of what he had expressed back in January.
What they didn't realize was that it wasn't just more money the Knicks were offering. It was about family.
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4899...nba-finals

[Chicagojk]

James Dolan has been the Knicks' owner since the late-1990s, finally enjoying his second NBA Finals appearance and first since 1999. With a title getting closer to his grasp, the owner went on WFAN radio to take shots at San Antonio for their halftime shows. “You know at halftime what’s happening tonight? The reunification of the whole Wu-Tang Clan,” Dolan said. “I gotta say, we had Cardi B at halftime for the third game, we have the reunification of Wu-Tang for the fourth game and San Antonio had a dog on a beach ball during their halftime.”

Clutch Points

Bad owners make everything hopeless.  What is sucks is he has been terrible for the Knicks but is now sitting on the doorstep of a championship and gets all the glory.   Nowadays though it is tough to root for any of this owners or private equity.    Hardy any of them seem likable.   It is almost like you need to cover your eyes and try not to notice them.   

With that being said, Dolan has been a terrible owner.   At the moment with the Knicks being the media darling and his success with the Sphere, he is living the life.   It just shows you if you have enough money and immune to criticism, like is pretty much what you want it to be.

[michaeltex]

Bad owners make everything hopeless.  What is sucks is he has been terrible for the Knicks but is now sitting on the doorstep of a championship and gets all the glory.   Nowadays though it is tough to root for any of this owners or private equity.    Hardy any of them seem likable.   It is almost like you need to cover your eyes and try not to notice them.   

With that being said, Dolan has been a terrible owner.   At the moment with the Knicks being the media darling and his success with the Sphere, he is living the life.   It just shows you if you have enough money and immune to criticism, like is pretty much what you want it to be.

I think I saw a rumor somewhere that Dolan might be willing to sell the team, especially if they win a ring. Bought them for $600M in 1997 and the team is currently worth an estimated $10B.

[mvossman]

I think I saw a rumor somewhere that Dolan might be willing to sell the team, especially if they win a ring. Bought them for $600M in 1997 and the team is currently worth an estimated $10B.

Sounds like a crazy return, but really its about the same as the market.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Bad owners make everything hopeless.  What is sucks is he has been terrible for the Knicks but is now sitting on the doorstep of a championship and gets all the glory.   Nowadays though it is tough to root for any of this owners or private equity.    Hardy any of them seem likable.   It is almost like you need to cover your eyes and try not to notice them.   

With that being said, Dolan has been a terrible owner.   At the moment with the Knicks being the media darling and his success with the Sphere, he is living the life.   It just shows you if you have enough money and immune to criticism, like is pretty much what you want it to be.

I haven't liked Dolan since he had Charles Oakley kicked out of MSG during a playoff game. How do you do that to one of the most popular players in Knicks history? Oakley still says he won't return to the garden until a formal apology is issued by Dolan. So I guess it's a stalemate, because Dolan will never apologize.

[cow]

This officiating crew should not be allowed to work the finals again.

[KillerLeft]

I wonder how the Knicks will manage to come from behind and finish the series tonight. However they do it I don’t think I’ll be surprised.

[cow]

Castle has been a no-show and Fox has been horrible.  Harper needs to shift down a gear on defense, some silly fouls on Brunson in the 3rd.

[KillerLeft]

Seems like NY is starting to make their move. So funny that they’ve been behind for like the first 45 minutes of every game but lead the series 3-1.

[cow]

Seems like NY is starting to make their move. So funny that they’ve been behind for like the first 45 minutes of every game but lead the series 3-1.

Spurs 4th quarter woes need to be studied.

PUT THE BALL IN HARPER'S HANDS! JESUS

[KillerLeft]

BRUNSON!!!

[cow]

Fox is so bad. This team is so dumb.

[KillerLeft]

Not a great week for Josh Hart in terms of late game easy layups.

Also, super weak call to fall out towns, in my opinion.